Campus ATM LAN Emulation and Classical IP Implementation

This redbook describes the LAN emulation over ATM client/server model. LAN

emulation is an ATM service that provides the migration from existing LANs to

an ATM environment. LAN emulation does what its name implies; it emulates

the operation of traditional LANs, and in doing so, makes the

connection-oriented nature of ATM transparent to existing applications on

end-user workstations. This book describes the functions, frame formats and

protocols used by LAN emulation as specified by the ATM Forum. It shows how

IBM's products implement LAN emulation over ATM as well as how to physically

install, configure, and manage these endsystems and ATM connections.

This book was written for networking professionals who need to understand and

implement LAN emulation over ATM in order to migrate from existing LAN

topologies to an ATM environment, where traditional Ethernet and token-ring

LANs coexist with new ATM networks. Knowledge of local area networking

concepts and protocols, an understanding of the basic concepts of ATM

networking, as well as the fundamentals of data communications, is required

in order for the reader to benefit from this publication.